The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1887-02-12
MONTANA NEWS.


, MONTANA NEWS.
The public schools of Missoula county
are closed for want of funds.
During the month OF January the Drum
Lummon mine produced $180,OOO.
J.. s. Hunter has been appointed post
master at Hot Springs, and j. H. H. Pace
postmaster at Silver Bow. (
! The Montana sampling works Of Hell
ena were incorporated Tuesday with &
capital stack of 100000. /
! Billings Gazette: A cowboy who ar
rived from the north Saturday says he saw
forty five dead cattle in one coulee
The Madisonian, published At Virginia
City, was printed upon wrapping paper
last week. Cause, snow blockade.
| The Helena Stock Journal says the
present system of branding cattle damages
$12,000,000 worth of hides every year.
Mrs. J. c. Bice, died at Glos.er on the
4th inst, from the results of an overdose
of morphine taken with suicidal intent.
On the 3rd inst. at Fort Benton the
thermometer indicated so below zero at
midnight. In the morning it registered
As below.
At Miles City, on the 1stinst. at a. NJ,
the thermometer registered 40 degrees be-
low zero, at 2 o'clock 46 below and at
o'clock so below.
Mrs. Kleinen, of Miles City, had quar-
rel with her drunken husband Wednesday
morning, after which she attempted to
cut her throat with a razor. She will re-
cover.
Dillon Tribune: Our Mongolian laun-
dryman informs us that the present Chi
nese year will have thirteen months, and
that this state of affairs occurs sometimes
every three and sometimes every two years.
Ira Gilbert, teamster, was killed at
Butte on Monday morning while loading
salt on wagon. A huge block fell on
him in the salt sheds, crushing and dis6g-
uring him horribly. He died in few
minutes.
At 6 o'clock Wednesday morning, a
fire broke out in the rear of Words saloon
at Miles City, consuming it and two other
frame buildings. Losses we'll covered by
insurance. Fire originated from a de-
fective fue.
Kind-hearted people Of Butte subscrlb-
ed liberal sum of money and expended
it for provisions for the relief of emlgrant
passengers on the snowbound train at Gar
rison last week, who were thirty-six hours
without food.
John Twohy, an old-t1me miner, on
spree in Buttee informed the boys that he
had plenty Of money at home under his
stove. They got him to go to sleep and
then ransacked his house, getting ST.
for their pains.
1t is believed that an Englishman named
Elliott, who left Fort Assinaboine twenty |
days ago en- route to Maple Creek, has
perished. As he is an old man and had
north wind to face it is hardly possible
that he will be found alive.
Chris. Hart, miner of Butte affected
with pneumonia, was married on his death
bed last week to Miss Sophia Allgainer,
to whom he had been engaged several
months. Their honeymoon was sad one
and only of few hours duration.
David j. Waters, pioneer in the terri
tory and miner, aged so years, was
found dead in bis cabin near Virginia
City few days ago. He had been dead
several days when found and it is suppos-
ed that he died from natural causes.
Stockgrowers Journal: Cattle are eat
ing sage brush and appear to relish it very
much. This is sign that they are be-
coming thoroughly native-the only thing
they now need to cultivate is the cayuse
taste for cottonwood bark, and then ye
winds can blow.
Crow Indian Agent Williamson has ar
rived from Washington and is reported as
having declared himself antagonistic to
the scheme of throwing the reservation
open. He will at once issue orders for
the removal of all miners and prospectors
now working on the reservation. He says
they have no business there and must go.
While east the agent bought some blood
ed horses and cattle for the Indians to i'm
prove their stock With.